Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention, and irreclaimable weakness of character.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 符号;手势;迹象;指示牌;
vt.& vi. 签名;打手势;
💡 sign(mark)→记号；征兆；签字；做手势；表示
"Sign your name in the blank space below."
把名字签在下面的空白处。
近义：legalize, authenticate, seal, stamp, subscribe, undersign
反义：abrogate, negate, nullify, outlaw, quash, repeal
n. 无知，愚昧;蒙;
💡 i不+gnor知道+ance名词后缀 →无知，愚昧
"They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance."
他们终于从愚昧无知的束缚中解脱出来。
近义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
反义：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
n. 不安，忧虑，忧惧;理解（力），领悟，了解;拘捕;
💡 ap加强+prehens抓住+ion表名词→能抓住的 →理解(力),领悟
"There is growing apprehension that fighting will begin again."
人们愈来愈担心会重开战火。
近义：anxiety, misgiving, qualm, queasiness, restlessness, sorrow
反义：assurance, assuredness, positiveness, unambiguousness, certainty, certitude
vt. 理解，懂得;熟知，通晓;获知，理解;谅解;
vi. 理解，懂得;表示同情或谅解;据说;
n. 认识，了解;谅解;知识;
adj. 能谅解的;宽容的;通情达理的;
💡 under下+stand站立+ing名词后缀 → 理解
"an imperfect understanding of English"
对英语的不透彻理解
近义：idea, insight, knowledge, assimilation, notion, perception
反义：incoherence, incomprehension, disagreement, inharmony, nonapproval, nonconformity
n. 注意，注意力;照料，关怀;殷勤;
int. [口令]立正;
💡 at向+tent延伸+ion表名词 →伸展出去听别人讲 →注意力
"He nodded absently, his attention absorbed by the screen."
他专心注视着屏幕，只是心不在焉地点了点头。
近义：heedfulness, application, industriousness, intentness, interest, mindfulness
反义：apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
n. 弱点，缺点;软弱，优柔寡断;弱，衰弱，虚弱;〈口〉偏爱，癖好;
💡 weak虚弱的+ness表名词 →懦弱，虚弱
"The sudden weakness in her legs made her stumble."
她突然两腿发软踉跄了一下。
近义：puniness, weakening, weariness, exinanition, debility, destructibility
反义：heart, impetuosity, impetus, impulsiveness, ardour, mastery